To William Hooker 1    26 July 1862

26/7/62

Dear Sir William

I beg to hand you a bill of loading for the seventh box with dried Thalamiflorae, forwarded for Mr Benthams use this day pr "Roxburgh Castle" freight being paid2

Regardfully

yours

Ferd Mueller.

 

There is a curious circumstance connected with the second transmission of Ranunculus Haastii to Britain, long after Mr Haasts discovery of the plant. Some day I shall mention it to Dr Hooker.3

 

Ranunculus Haastii

Thalamiflorae

 
1
MS black edged; M's sister Bertha died on 7 September 1861.
2
Bill of lading not found.
3
See M to J. Hooker, 25 August 1862.

Please cite as “FVM-62-07-26,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/62-07-26